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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1998 Win Shares Leaders
Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S
https://play.google.com/store/books/author?id=Derek+Bain
Identify the 1998 Athletics leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member of the “original” team that he signed his first professional contract with. Ken Griffey Jr. would be a member of the Mariners for the duration of his career in this scenario while Mike Piazza is considered a member of the Dodgers.
| 1998 | Mark McGwire | 39.4 |
| 1998 | Scott Brosius | 23.5 |
| 1998 | Jason Giambi | 22.2 |
| 1998 | Ben Grieve | 21.7 |
| 1998 | Rickey Henderson | 18.3 |
| 1998 | Darren Lewis | 15.8 |
| 1998 | Jose Canseco | 14.7 |
| 1998 | Mike Bordick | 13.5 |
| 1998 | Rod Beck | 12.5 |
| 1998 | Walt Weiss | 12.1 |
Correctly answered by Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
